Texas State Bobcats football

Texas State Bobcats football
2016 Texas State Bobcats football team
First season 1904
Athletic director Larry Teis
Head coach Everett Withers
1st year, 29 (.182)
Other staff Randall McCray (Assistant HC/DC/ILB)
Brett Elliott (OC/QB)
Ron Antoine (RB/TE)
Parker Fleming (WR/ST)
Adrian Mayes (OL/Recruiting)
Troy Douglas (S)
Jules Montinar (CB)
Tyler Santucci (OLB)
Antoine Smith (DL)
Aaron Burkart (S&C)
John Streicher (DFO)
Michael George (DPP)
Jeremy Smith (DPD)
Stadium Bobcat Stadium
Seating capacity 30,000
Field surface FieldTurf Revolution 360 with CoolPlay
Location San Marcos, Texas
Conference Sun Belt
Past conferences WAC (2012)
Independent (2011)
Southland (1987–2010)
Gulf Star (1984–1986)
Lone Star (1932–1983)
TIAA (1922–1931)
Independent (1904–1921)
All-time record 50442126 (.544)
Bowl record 20 (1.000)
Claimed nat'l titles 2[1] (1981 & 1982 Palm Bowls - Division II Championship Games)
Conference titles 14
Colors Maroon and Gold[2]
         
Fight song Go Bobcats!
Mascot Boko the Bobcat
Marching band The Pride of the Hill Country
Outfitter Adidas
Rivals UTSA
Website Texas State Bobcats

The Texas State Bobcats football program is an NCAA Division I-FBS college football team that represents Texas State University. They currently play in the Sun Belt Conference. The program began in 1904 and has an overall winning record. The program has a total of fourteen conference titles, nine of them being outright conference titles. Beginning with the 2016 season, the Bobcats have been coached by Everett Withers. Home games are played at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas.[3]

Given that the school has grown to become the fourth-largest university in Texas, and one of the 75 largest universities in the United States, it has now taken its football program to the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA football.

The team became a member of the FBS Western Athletic Conference in 2012. After only one season in the WAC, Texas State moved to the Sun Belt Conference. Texas State joined the league in July 2013 and began conference play for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Championship history

In 2005, Texas State split the Southland Conference title with rival Nicholls State, and advanced to the Division I-AA football playoffs for the first time since the 1980s, losing in the semifinal to eventual national runner-up Northern Iowa, and finishing with an 11-3 record.

In 2008, Texas State overcame a 21-0 deficit to win the Southland Conference championship with a 48-45 overtime victory against Sam Houston State, its first outright league title since 1982.

Texas State joined the WAC effective July 1, 2012.[4]

National championships

Year Coach Record Championship
1981 Jim Wacker 13–1 NCAA Division II National Champions
1982 Jim Wacker 14–0 NCAA Division II National Champions

Conference championships

Only nine of Texas State's fourteen conference titles are outright titles. The other five are shared titles.[5]

Year Conference Overall Record Conference Record
1921 Texas Normal Championship 7–0–0 5–0–0
1924 Texas Teachers College Championship 5–3–0 5–1–0
1929 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association 6–1–2 4–0–2
1948 Lone Star Conference (NAIA) 8–1–0 4–0–0
1954† Lone Star Conference (NAIA) 6–3–1 5–0–1
1955† Lone Star Conference (NAIA) 6–5–0 4–0–0
1963 Lone Star Conference (NAIA) 10–0–0 6–0–0
1971† Lone Star Conference (NAIA) 8–1–1 7–1–1
1980 Lone Star Conference (Division II) 8–3–0 5–1–0
1981 Lone Star Conference (Division II) 13–1–0 6–1–0
1982 Lone Star Conference (Division II) 14–0–0 7–0–0
1983† Lone Star Conference (Division II) 9–2–0 6–1–0
2005† Southland Conference (Division I FCS) 11–3 4–1
2008 Southland Conference (Division I FCS) 8–5 6–2

† Denotes shared title. Reference: [6]

Conference affiliations

No Team: 1905–1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1917, 1942, 1944, 1945

Division I-A/FBS Bowl Game results

The Bobcats have been bowl eligible twice since moving up to Division I-FBS. In 2013, Texas State went 6-6 in the first year the Bobcats were eligible to win a conference title or attend a bowl game after their 2-year FCS to FBS transition. In 2014, Texas State finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. Although eligible, they were not selected to participate in a bowl game; the Bobcats were the only eligible 7–5 FBS team not to receive a bowl bid.

Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs results

The Bobcats have appeared in the I-AA/FCS playoffs two times with an overall record of 2–2.

Year Round Opponent Result
2005 First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Georgia Southern
Cal Poly
Northern Iowa
W 50–35
W 14–7
L 37–40
2008 First Round Montana L 13–31

Division II Playoffs results

The Bobcats have appeared in the Division II playoffs three times with an overall record of 6–1. They are two time National Champions (1981, 1982).

Year Round Opponent Result
1981 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game
Jacksonville State
Northern Michigan
North Dakota State
W 38–22
W 62–0
W 42–13
1982 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game
Fort Valley State
Jacksonville State
UC Davis
W 27–6
W 19–14
W 34–9
1983 Quarterfinals Central State L 16–24

All-time record vs. Sun Belt teams

Official record (including any NCAA imposed vacates and forfeits) against all current Sun Belt opponents:

Opponent Won Lost Percentage Streak First Last
Appalachian State 0 2 .000 Lost 2 2004 2016
Arkansas State 1 2 .333 Lost 1 2013 2015
Coastal Carolina 0 0
Georgia Southern 1 2 .333 Lost 2 2005 2015
Georgia State 2 2 .500 Lost 2 2013 2016
Idaho 4 5 .444 Lost 2 1990 2016
Louisiana–Lafayette 0 4 .000 Lost 4 2013 2016
Louisiana–Monroe 4 9 .308 Lost 1 1986 2016
New Mexico State 2 1 .667 Loss 1 2012 2015
South Alabama 2 1 .667 Won 1 2013 2015
Troy 1 5 .167 Lost 4 1996 2013
Totals 17 33 .340

Rivalries

Texas State football maintains one current rivalry with the UTSA Roadrunners and have a number of defunct rivalries caused by conference realignment.

Current rivalries

I-35 Maroon/Orange Rivalry - UTSA Roadrunners

Texas State and UT-San Antonio faced off for the first time in the football continuation of the I-35 Maroon/Orange Rivalry between the two schools in the Alamodome November 24, 2012. The Bobcats lost the game to the UTSA Roadrunners by a score of 38 to 31 and, thus hold an 0 - 1 disadvantage to UTSA. The two teams are scheduled to play 8 Home and Home games beginning in 2017.

Defunct rivalries

Sam Houston State Bearkats

Texas State and Sam Houston State faced each other 89 times on the gridiron between 1919 and 2011, making the Bearkats the most familiar Bobcat rival in program history. Both programs have experienced long runs of success and failure throughout their histories, and the rivalry was strengthened further by geographical proximity, cultural differences, and being peer institutions in the same university system.

After Texas State's move to FBS and the WAC in 2012, the series was discontinued. Sam Houston State won the most recent tilt between the two teams in San Marcos on November 19, 2011 by a score of 36-14. It is unknown whether the two schools will schedule each other for future matchups.

Texas State currently holds a 48-36-4 series lead.

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks

The Lumberjacks and Bobcats played each other continuously through multiple conference realignments and name changes from 1923-2012. The rivalry has mostly been based on proximity and familiarity rather than parity and competitiveness between the two programs, as one program has generally been successful while the other has struggled.

Texas State won the latest tilt between the two foes in San Marcos, 41-37, on September 22, 2012. Texas State currently holds a 57-29-1 series lead.

Battle for the Paddle - Nicholls State Colonels

In fall 1998, just before the Bobcats were scheduled to take on the Nicholls State Colonels, rains flooded San Marcos and the field at Bobcat Stadium. Athletic directors and coaches from each school decided not to continue with the game and coined the annual contest named "Battle for the Paddle," joking that fans and athletes needed to use a boat and paddle to get to the game. The game eventually took place on November 28, 1998 with the Bobcats prevailing 28-27 to win the Paddle.

NSU Athletic Director Rob Bernardi brought controversy to the final chapter of the rivalry in 2011, when he refused to bring the Paddle to San Marcos due to Texas State having a scholarship advantage as an FCS transitional school.[7] Texas State players and fans made their own paddles in response, and the Bobcats won 38-12. It is unknown whether the two schools will schedule each other in the future.

Nicholls State currently holds the series lead, 16-14.

SWT vs. A&I - Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas

The Bobcats and Javelinas were fierce rivals in the Lone Star Conference from the year of entry of TAMU-Kingsville (then Texas A&I University) into the LSC in 1954 to the year of departure of Texas State (then Southwest Texas State University) to the Gulf Star Conference in 1984. However, by the time of TAMU-Kingsville's entry into the LSC, both teams were already quite familiar with each other, having played continuously from 1939-1953 and six times from 1925-1938. Both teams were very competitive and generally successful during the time of their rivalry, as Texas State won nine Lone Star Conference titles and two (NCAA Division II) national titles and TAMU-Kingsville won twelve Lone Star Conference titles and nine (NAIA) national titles. The two schools continued to play each other after Texas State's departure from the Lone Star Conference with only one interruption (1986) from 1984-1995. Texas State won the last meeting, 28-21, in San Marcos on September 7, 2002. It is unlikely that the two schools will face each other in the future due to Texas State's move to the NCAA Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision and TAMU-Kingsville's continued residence in the NCAA's Division II.

The Javelinas currently hold the series lead, 33-25-2.

Other Rivalries

Other rivals from Texas State's years in the Lone Star, Gulf Star, and Southland Conferences include Angelo State, Texas A&M-Commerce (then East Texas State), Abilene Christian, and North Texas.

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of September 8, 2015

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
at Ohio vs Houston Baptist at Rutgers at Texas A&M vs UTSA at UTSA vs UTSA at Baylor vs UTSA at UTSA
at Arkansas at Colorado at UTSA vs Wyoming vs SMU at Baylor vs Baylor at UTSA vs Arizona State at Arizona State
vs Houston vs UTSA vs Tulsa at SMU vs Ohio
vs Incarnate Word at Wyoming

[8]

Current Bobcats in the NFL

Name Position Team
Joplo Bartu LB Arizona Cardinals
Adrian Bellard T Chicago Bears
Craig Mager DB San Diego Chargers
David Mayo LB Carolina Panthers
David Mims II CB Atlanta Falcons
Darryl Morris CB Indianapolis Colts
Ty Nsekhe T Washington Redskins

[9]

References

  1. "Southwest Texas St. Bowl History". Cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  2. Texas State University Athletic Logos Art Sheet (PDF). Texas State Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  3. "Texas State Football History Database". Txstatebobcats.cstv.com. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  4. Archived March 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. Archived December 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. http://txstatebobcats.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/092304aaa.html
  7. "Goodbye to the paddle". HoumaToday.com. 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  8. "Texas State Bobcats Football Schedules and Future Schedules". Fbschedules.com. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  9. "NFL Players by College - T". espn.go.com. Retrieved July 18, 2016.

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